The related name Elnathan could be rendered "Gift of God". Four different people named Elnathan are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible: one at 2Kings 24:8, and three in Ezra 8:15–20. Similar ancient names are Nathaniel, with the same meaning as Elnathan, and Jonathan which signifies "God has given". Nathan can also be used as a nickname for Nathaniel.

Familiar forms of Nathan used in English include Nat, Nath, Nate and Nathaniel.

Despite the double blow Somerset refused to be becalmed, Trego (32) again sending Agar beyond the ropes, but they were pegged back once more when he missed a short one from NathanSowter to be leg-before. The biggest moment came when Sowter dropped a ball driven straight back at him by Anderson, the Kiwi celebrating the second chance by hitting ......

LONDON. TravisHead's century and two wickets from Billy Stanlake helped Australia beat Middlesex by 101 runs at Lord's on Saturday in their last warm-up fixture before a one-day international series against England... "I felt like I've been in good form ... D'Arcy Short (18) fell to a brilliant catch by NathanSowter -- born and educated in western Sydney -- at midwicket ... and soon afterwards he was caught behind off leg-spinner Sowter ... ....

TravisHead scored 106 off 141 � Getty Images... Head opened alongside D’Arcy Short as Finch dropped down the order after his 78 against Sussex.�Short fell for 18 when a mistimed pull off Thomas Barber was brillianly caught one-handed by a leaping NathanSowter — born and brought up in western Sydney — at midwicket ... and soon afterwards he was caught behind off leg-spinner Sowter ... ....

A round-up of Sunday's action from the Royal London One-Day Cup ...Saif Zaib (10) and White (11) perished as the run rate rocketed and in the final over Keogh (51) and NathanBuck (10) holed out on the boundary off Charlie Morris.Middlesex v Surrey ... The fact the hosts saw out their overs was down to cameos from NathanSowter (29) and Tom Helm (30), the latter bowled by Curran off the final ball of the innings ... ....

A round-up of Friday's games in the Royal London One-Day Cup, many of which were affected by bad weather ... But Chris Rushworth, Matt Dixon and Nathan Rimmington all struck early to leave Worcestershire off the pace on Duckworth-Lewis when the weather intervened ... The 27-year-old Irishman suffered the issue shortly after reaching 50 and NathanSowter ran for him for the remainder of his innings ... More to follow. ....

Paul Stirling shrugged off a thigh injury and scored his second century in a week despite batting with a runner as Middlesex beat Sussex by 74 runs in the Royal London One-Day Cup. The 27-year-old made 116 from 129 balls despite picking up the injury shortly after reaching his half-century, which required NathanSowter to run for him for the remainder of the innings at Hove... WICKET AND THE WIN! ... 👍 ... Joe Denly ... The winning moment... 🙌💥 ... ....

The pair eventually broke their county's first-wicket record in List A cricket against Durham and had put on 175 in 28.2 overs when Jennings made room to whack Nathan Rimmington to leg but was bowled for 73 ... But NathanSowter's brilliant diving catch at third man off Tom Helm (four for 49) removed Crawley (15) and Denly followed for a duck, caught behind off the same bowler....

Jeetan Patel was the pick of a healthy contingent of Kiwi cricketers who featured in the opening round of the English Twenty20 competition on Friday (Saturday NZ time) ... READ MORE.. * SA quick banned for swearing. * England in control of first test ... In a thrilling finish, Middlesex were unable to get the one run they needed to win from the final ball of the match as No 10 batsman NathanSowter was dismissed by Benny Howell ... Ad Feedback....